Bhagavata Purana 4.20.23
Srimad Bhagavatam · 20 · Verse 23
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Sanskrit Original
पृथुरुवाच वरान्विभो त्वद्वरदेश्वराद् बुध: कथं वृणीते गुणविक्रियात्मनाम् । ये नारकाणामपि सन्ति देहिनां तानीश कैवल्यपते वृणे न च ॥ २३ ॥
pṛthur uvāca varān vibho tvad varadeśvarād budhaḥ kathaṁ vṛṇīte guṇa-vikriyātmanām ye nārakāṇām api santi dehināṁ tān īśa kaivalya-pate vṛṇe na ca
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My dear Lord, You are the best of the demigods who can offer benedictions. Why, therefore, should any learned person ask You for benedictions meant for living entities bewildered by the modes of nature? Such benedictions are available automatically, even in the lives of living entities suffering in hellish conditions. My dear Lord, You can certainly bestow merging into Your existence, but I do not wish to have such a benediction.